Guitar Nerds Anonymous

I'm looking at those, been using the vibe setting on my zoom but it's always on (super, super subtly) so I think it needs its own spot on the mini board.

Yeah the chorus/vibrato footswitch was the selling point to me. I do have a Danelectro Vibe pedal which sounds great and a Small Clone I've modded for vibrato, but being able to switch will make it a lot more usable. As you say, I love a subtle bit of vibrato or vibe to add movement, more so than the in-you-face Hendrix type use. Will report if and when I get it - it's on preorder, so even if the birthday is this weekend I wouldn't get my foot on it for a few more weeks...

My mate used a Dunlop Rotovibe pedal in the 90's! Love that sound

They always say google sober, buy drunk.

Unfortunately I did both drunk so I've now got a Fender Junior Jazzmaster winging its way to me from Japan.

I'm absurdly excited.

Woop!

Amazing! Which colour did you go for? They are the pastel colour ones aren't they?

@EB always wanted a Rotovibe since I first listened to Mad Season but it's constantly been one of the most expensive pedals on the market, and rare to boot, meaning chances of bagging a second hand one for a half decent price are close to none...!

I'll ask him if he's still got it. I bet he'd sell it to be honest!

Didn’t know these were a thing, now I want one

send pics

Had another good jamalam thru a cranked Marshall down my mate's studio last week. Took the SG and the re-necked Tele having had to to fettle the nut over the holidays. Finding I'm really enjoying the whole thing. It has tall narrow frets, and a 7"radius and for whatever reason I just seem to be able to fly around it in exactly the way I couldn't on the old neck. Could be psychosomatic but I'm sure it sounds better too. Chunkier neck and rosewood board? Either way I'm dead chuffed. Think i'm gonna switch back the OG neck PU tho. Full on Cropper.

Resurrected another mate's instrumentstoday. A '96 Squier P-bass that was disgustingly filthy. Gave it a deep clean (deep in the crack), fixed a dry solder joint, new strings, conditioned the board, set it up and it's playing and sounding great. Very satisfying. Still on the hunt for one of my own.

Oh and Amazon accidentally sent me box of 6 sets of strings instad of the one I ordered so I'm set for life now.. Heh.

I've been on my arse with flu the last week and haven't been able to play much

Lol I had exactly the same experience. Total ignorance to total want in about an hour. I always loved the look of a Jazzmaster but I only play short scale guitars, so this really ticks a lot of boxes. Having owned a few Japanese Fenders I have a lot of trust in their quality control so I'm happy to buy on sight.

@alex_s I went for the sunburst - I love those pastel ones and I'd love a sparkly one one day but I've always loved the offsets in sunburst:

I love how the junior sizing makes those soapbar pickups look oversized and friendly. I think this guitar is going to be a friend for life.

So it's like a Mustang sized Jazzmaster? Sweet.

very nice : )

It's like a toy! You're gonna tear it in half with your bear hands.

Reminds me of a chat I had a few years back with another guitarist who, after seeing me playing my Jazzmaster and me telling him I also had a Casino said "but you're tall, if I had those guitars I'd look like I'm swimming in guitar!"

In other news, I'm getting serious GAS for a new bass. I've had a Stagg Jazz Bass clone for years which I bought for all of £20 and it plays well but it does sound like a Jazz Bass, which is not the sound I want. Always found it hard to justify investing any more as I only use it for bits of demo recordings at home, but it feels like it's time for either a Precision or a Hofner type bass and the Harley Bentons get great reviews... 🤔

I've got an Epiphone Jack Casady (Gold top) from 2012 ish and it's bloody lovely! I re-strung it recently with Rotosound Nylon Flatwounds and it sounds amazing.

I'd like to change the bridge for one of the Hipshot bridges but they are quite spendy. Highly recommended though if you like a real plonk sound! The pickup is great.

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Anyone fancy this? Bought it thinking it might make me actually play my telecaster. But I never do.

Couple of scuffs £115 posted.

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Still loving the Sire p-bass I bought a year ago. Has a nice growl to it, if that's your thing.

https://www.thomann.co.uk/marcus_miller_p7_alder_4_black_2nd_gen.htm

Which model is it?

+1 for Sire P7. Have the Version 2 in tobacco sunburst and alder.

Love it and can get a range of tones/sounds out of it.

https://www.andertons.co.uk/sire-v2-updated-marcus-miller-p7-alder-4-string-tobacco-sunburst/

I’ve got the Sire U5 as my main bass which is definitely not what you’re looking for but I’ve been very happy with, so imagine the other offerings are good too given they all review well.

Tis this one. https://www.thomann.co.uk/positive_grid_spark_mini_pw.htm?glp=1&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAhP67BhAVEiwA2E_9g_L9gRyXb6RyEbkKmWxYYcM-QcpToWhjkDTrXpO8dlloDgkJO3_HrhoCuJkQAvD_BwE

I might have had this off you but I only just bought a Boss IR-200

Everyone needs a precision, well two actually (1x flats, 1x rounds)!
They're so simple you don't have to spend loads to get one sounding great either. Sire are the dominant force of that market sector ATM but the non-basic Squiers are still pretty good too.

Love that Jack Cassidy. I had a Guild Starfire for a while, sold it to the bloek from The The. recently noticed it cropping on on Barrie Cadogan's insta as he's been on tour with them. Weird.

I went for a lunchtime walk to Denmark St yesterday half hoping to find a bargain s/h p-bass. Was slim pickings. No pun intended. Also found that despite my advance years and relative cockiness the old guitarshop red-light fever kicked in the second I walked in to any of the shops.

Fixing up that cheap Squier P last week had got me wondering if I'd be happy with one myself. There's a 1996 Cort factory one on Facebay for £330 that looks pretty decent. I'm very tempted... although over three still feels toppy for a squier I'd say.